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This HUGE slick newsletter from Copaxone (I think I asked them to take me OFF their list a decade ago...), why so big ? So people with MS can read the print? OK, then why put a quote from Gandhi, " Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it," followed below by: Individual results may vary . Read Full Story

Big guy jumped up and on top of the wall that separated the wheelchair ramp from a small hillside of bushes and a few trees. He threw his large body back down to get behind my gurney and he began pulling with all his might. Inch by hard earned inch he was pulling me up the ramp. "Joe! Look Out!" shouted his smaller helper who had finally found his way to the top of the steps which led to my apt. building's front door. I lifted my snow covered head to see a large tree limb had fallen over our... Read Full Story

My new room was MUCH smaller and had a roommate, you know the kind, the ones who like to tell you their life story---never shut up. I never saw the woman's face. After about 15 minutes a nurse brought my Zanaflex to me. Though I was totally shocked and pleased that my spasticity hadn't gone through the roof, I was still concerned about the warning to never "stop taking." And without anyone seeming to give a damn about how whatever "infectious disease" I might have would be affecting my MS, I... Read Full Story

My Ms was cruising along, not great but not horrible. Then in 2008, Dec., I started noticing my Frosted Flakes didn't taste right. A box of cereal was always within my reach and I would write on my laptop from 7PM until 3AM. At the time I had been taking Zanaflex for my MS spasticity , every three hours for over 5 years. My neuro who prescribed the Zanaflex had dumped his practice in 2004. The Zanafles certainly stopped my rigidity, but it also sedated me. Before I retired from my job, I... Read Full Story

Read a funny page in "Time" by Joel Stein about moving into a retirement community. He is afraid it will be full of all the pot-smoking baby boomers he can't stand NOW, why would he want to see tie -dyed tees every day? Funny how those in their 50s see retirement communities. I LIVE in one and I've got the inside scoop. We had a pin-wearing hippie couple here, unmarried of course and just like in real life (yep, real life ha-ha ) they were on the outs. But, Stein's idea that Lawrence Welk... Read Full Story

Spasticity means stiffness to the extreme of being rigid and rock-like. If you have multiple sclerosis it is caused by a dysfunction in your central nervous system (in your brain, spinal cord, and/or nerves). It will make your legs unable to bend or move. It can also affect your arms in same fashion. Drugs, exercises, may help, but nothing cures MS spasticity . It is one of the most common symptoms of MS. Read Full Story

It is just darn sad when a stupid TV show ya love starts to die. I made fun of soap opera fans of All My Children when that show was halted. Now, I feel like I am watching the slow death of my favorite TV show, Grey's Anatomy. Izzy, played by Katherine Heigl , left her husband, Alex, to dwindle into a sorry bag of "boring story line." Alex is played by Justin Chambers. (that's him at front in photo above) I saw Chambers in something on TV recently that was about 20 years old and he looked... Read Full Story

Somebody just asked me, "Does your blog turn words into sign language for deaf people?" (You can't make this up.) AND, last week a guy was spouting off in dining room about how power chairs are Medicare scams, "...they just don't want to exercise." Sigh, so much I could have said...these people are old, but I have know MANY "old" people and old does NOT equal STUPID. Should I have chewed them out? Should I have responded calmly? I just ignored and kept eating, wasn't in the fighting mood. But... Read Full Story

Katherine Heigl has told the 'ladies of' " The "View" that she would go back to Grey's Anatomy if asked. Three days ago a friend stopped by and asked if I had heard the rumor that Izzy was returning to Mercy Grace. So, it seems the line has been wormed and now we GA lovers must wait and see if the show's writers will write Izzy back into our life and Alex's. The show has been floundering ever since the characters of George and Izzy left. George died. But, Izzy just left and if the writers... Read Full Story

Okay, so now that I have been in a happy relationship (one vote away from a possible marriage) for almost 33 years, I feel I can thrust some "happy married couple" wisdom, and/or anecdotes on others. I thought some of you might be curious about what we fight, IE , argue about. Last night it was graham crackers. I requested a graham cracker cookie (I see the irony here, clearly they are not cookies, but to me they will always be cookies.) with peanut butter on one side and cream cheese on the... Read Full Story